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Re:Python overtakes JavaScript as most questioned language o... by blunte on Saturday April 20, 2019 @05:40AM (#19705614)
Bingo. When you just need to get something done, Python is great. Some quick googling to find the right libraries for the task, and then some caveperson programming, and the deal is done.

Outside of lisps, I find Python to be one of the simplest syntaxes, so the only effort is the logic to solve the problem.

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Re:Python overtakes JavaScript as most questioned language o... by AtHeartEngineer on Saturday April 20, 2019 @11:24AM (#19707006)
I've been programming since I was a teenager, and for a long time I found myself struggling with my syntax and edge cases. Once I started using python, about 10 years ago, programming quickly turned into "what's the best way to solve this problem", instead of "wtf do you mean null pointer".
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Re:Python overtakes JavaScript as most questioned language o... by petre on Saturday April 20, 2019 @12:25PM (#19707379)
The feeling is quite the same when switching from C to D. You don't have to use the advanced features of the language, but they're there if you want them.
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